Narrative Tenses - Unit 2.2 - Focus 3

Choose the most suitable tense.

Lance Armstrong, an American cyclist who             [was winning, won] the Tour de France seven times,            [lost, was losing] all his titles in 2012 when the US Anti-Doping Agency                 [discovered, was discovering] that he          [had used, used] drugs during his cycling career. While he            [was trying, had tried] to fight back against the Agency’s decision, all Armstrong’s sponsors          [left, had left] him.

At first, he                [didn’t want, had not wanted] to admit he          [used, had used] illegal substances but he finally          [had told, told] the truth when he               [answered, was answering] Oprah Winfrey’s questions on her TV show in 2013.

Put the story in the correct order.

Ray didn’t finish the race. He had only run three miles when he fell over and hurt his foot.

Six months later they got married.

Match the sentences with the verbs.